The 19th century journals & paintings of William Pope
by Barrett, Harry B.
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Pope, William. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in Port Ryerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections from Pope's very literate journals, he was well educated and a keen observer, are also reproduced here.
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The Little Minister
by Barrie, James M.
London: Cassell & Co, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth in custom half brown morocco and cloth fall-down box, each volume in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 3 vols. 19 x 13 cm. First book form edition. First published serially in "Good Words" magazine the same year, 1891. Considered Barrie's best work, one of several of his novels based in the fictional town of Thrums, modeled after Barrie's home village of Kirriemuir. Sixteen pages of adverts in... Read More
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The Little Minister
by Barrie, James M.
London: Cassell & Co, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 20th century full tan calf. Aeg. Fine in very good matching cloth slipcase. 232, 239, 232 pages 19 x 13 cm. Bound by Baynton of Bath. 12 pages of publisher ads end of Vol. ! with original cloth covers and spines laid-in. First book form edition. First published serially in "Good Words" magazine the same year, 1891. Considered Barrie's best work, one of several of his novels based in the... Read More
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Jose Guiterrez Solana Paintings and Writings
by Barrio-Garay, Jose Luis
Lewisburg: Bucknell Univ. Pres, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. taupe cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. Solana, Jose Guiterrez. 182 pages in text. 31 x 24 cm. 288 black and white illustrations and 15 color plates.
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The Works Of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D.D. Late Master of Trinity College in Cambridge. (Being All his English Works.); Published by Grace Dr. John Tilliotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury
by Barrow, Isaac
London: James Round, Jacob Tonson and William Taylor, 1716. leather_bound. Orig. cambridge style full brown calf rebacked. Very good. 3 Vols. 783 (5), 381 (7), 390 (6) pages. Folio, 36 x 24 cm. Vol. II, the 4th edition corrected and Vol. III, the 3rd edition corrected. In 1660 Barrow was ordained and appointed to the Regius Professorship of Greek at Cambridge. In 1662 he was made professor of geometry at Gresham College, and in 1663 was selected as the first occupier of the Lucasian chair at... Read More
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Barry's Fruit Garden; New Edition Revised And Brought Down To Date, By The Author
by Barry, P.
New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges.
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Hints For Picturesque Improvements In Ornamental Cottages and Their Scenery
by Bartell, Edmund
London: J. Taylor, 1804. First edition. leather_bound. 19th century half brown calf and marbled boards with all edges marbled. Very good. 140 pages. Six aquatint plates. An influential book, Bartell is considered the first to suggest that it was acceptable for the gentry to choose the inexpensive, but tastefully designed "cottage orne" over the substantial country house. ARCHER 14.1. Slight age-toning, moderate surface rubbing, raised bands, leather spine label lettered in gilt.
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Todd Andrews to the Author A Letter from Letters
by Barth, John
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Fine. 39 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 37 of 50 specially bound, signed by John Barth in black ink, and printed on 100 percent rag Arches, designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom. As new copy.
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by Bartolozzi, Francesco
Np: Np, Nd. Very good. Sepia stipple engraving drawn by Bartolozzi and engraved by him with image 18 x 23 cm.
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Content
by Bartolozzi, Francesco
Np: Np, Nd. Very good. Color stipple engraving drawn by Bartolozzi and engraved by him with image 30 x 23 cm.
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Cecil C. Bell
by Barton, Phyliss
Kansas City: McGrew Color Graphics, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Bell, Cecil C.. 159 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Limited edition, one of 2000. Bell, an exuberant second generation Ash Can painter, a slightly younger contemporary of Reginald Marsh whose work recalls the early work of John Sloan, was a skilled draftsman and sensitive colorist who depicted the lively drama of America with affection and understanding. More than 140 color... Read More
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Europa oggi/Europe now
by Barzei, Amnon & Giorgio Maragliano (Editors)
Milan: Centro Di Electa, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 253 pages. 27 x 23 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Biographical References.
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Drawings For The Iliad
by Baskin, Leonard (Illustrator)
New York: Delphic Arts, 1963. Hardcover. Fine in fine modern cloth and board portfolio. Baskin, Leonard. Sixty black and white lithographs 26 1/4 x 20 inches each plate numbered in blind at plate bottom on Fabriano paper in an edition of ninety by the Meridian Gravure Company. Apparently an extra suite of plates not issued with a portfolio, all plates clean, bright and fresh. BASKIN 32. BROOK 29. FERN 448-450.
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Demons * Imps * & Fiends; Drawings By Leonard Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard
Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated marbled boards and black leather spine lettered in gilt. Fine. Baskin, Leonard. Unpaginated. 29.5 x 21 cm. Limited edition, hand numbered copy 153 of 450 "printed on various interesting papers during the autumn of 1976." Printed by Harold McGrath. Nineteen, mostly full page portraits printed recto only on papers of various thickness and color. The one page of text at rear consists of a quotation from St. Bernard of... Read More
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Iconologia
by Baskin, Leonard
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. ruby cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 219 pages. Landscape 4to, 25 x 25 cm. More than 100 black and white illustrations by Leonard Baskin accompany more than forty interpretive essays. Wide text margins, interior contents clean and fresh.
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Birds & Animals
by Baskin, Leonard
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy portfolio housed in folding box, striped front cover and back cover matching navy colored portfolio. Fine. Baskin, Leonard. Oblong folio. 28.7 x 37 cm. One of 50 copies. The 65 individual sheets, signed woodcuts and linoleum cuts by Baskin printed in black, blue, red and green ink on semi-transparent paper, interleaved with heavier stock. The images varying in size, all with full margins printed one to a leaf on Troya paper,... Read More
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A Passover Haggadah; The New Union Haggadah Revised Edition
by Baskin, Leonard
New York: Penguin Books, 1978. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers decorated in Hebrew lettering. Near fine. 123 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Prepared by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Illustrated with full color plates by Baskin. Nick backstrip head.
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Baskin Sculpture Drawings & Prints
by Baskin, Leonard
New York: George Braziller, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Fine in fine decorated dust wrapper in clear acetate cover. 170 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Reproduces some of his 130 of his finest efforts in black and white full page images. Interior contents clean and bright.
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Six wood engravings
by Baskin, Leonard
Np: Np, Nd. Housed in plain paper portfolio. Fine. The lot. Baskin, Leonard. All as noted in the Allan Fern & Judith O'Sullivan Catalogue Raisonne 1958-1983: The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin All signed in pencil by Baskin. Boar no. 304 (6.7 x 14.7 cm.) paper size 23 x 26 cm. Envy no. 356 (Diameter 8.1 cm.) paper size 26 x 29 cm. Pride no. 359 (Diameter 9.2 cm.) paper size 26.5 x 29.5 cm. New Year's... Read More
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Hosie's Zoo; Word's by Tobias, Hosea, Lucretia, and Lisa Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard
Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter olive spine lettered in gilt and peach boards, front cover lettered in gilt. Fine. 17 leaves. 28.5 x 20 cm. Clean, fresh copy with paintings by Baskin prepared in water color and pen.
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Imps * Demons * Hobgoblins * Witches & Elves
by Baskin, Leonard
New York: Pantheon, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter white spine lettered in red and black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in clear acetate protective cover. Unpaginated. 23.5 x 18 cm. Taken from timeless literature and folk traditions. Full page plates printed on glossy stock. Interior contents bright, fresh and clean.
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Delle Terme Porrettane
by Bassi, Ferdinando
Rome: Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1768. First edition. Boards. Recased in later full boards. Near fine. 283 pages. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Four copper engraved plates; large fold-outs, plus title vignette, head and tail pieces and initials. Index and errata page. A discussion of the magical mineral waters and baths of Porreta Terme near Bologna at the foot of the Appennines. Elegantly printed with wide text margins, title page remargined, uncut, last few leaves with dampstains in... Read More
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Glimpses of Italian Court Life; Happy Days in Italia Adorata
by Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates
New York: Doubleday Page, 1906. First edition. leather_bound. Full vellum with gilt lettering and decorations. Teg. Very good. 467 pages. 29 x 19 cm. More than fifty black and white illustrations with lettered tissue guards. Limited edition, copy 34 of 100 printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper by the De Vinne Press. Clean, bright copy, covers slightly splayed.
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American Furniture 1620 to the Present
by Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell & Jonathan L. Fairbanks
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned blue boards. Very good in very good slightly nicked dust wrapper. 561 pages. 26 x 23 cm. 100 color plates and 1300 black and white photos. Glossary and Index.
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Les Fleurs Du Mal
by Baudelaire, Charles
Paris: Editions De La Maison Française, 1947. Hardcover. Loose as issued in orig. stiff wrappers front cover lettered in red, housed in fine board chemise in fine matching slipcase. Dignimont, Andre. 225 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 500. Color illustrations by Andre Dignimont and engraved on wood in colors by Gerard Angiolini. Text in French. Andre Dignimont, in a career spanning over four decades, primarily worked in illustrating books and theatre decoration. He... Read More
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